HK journalist sentenced to five-year imprisonment for espionage
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-08-31 12:41 The Beijing No. 2
Intermediate People's Court Thursday sentenced Hong Kong resident Ching Cheong,
who worked for Singapore's Straits Times newspaper, to five years in prison for
spying for Taiwan.
According to the verdict, Ching Cheong is also deprived of political rights
for one year and his personal property worth 300,000 yuan (about 37,500 U.S.
dollars) has been confiscated.
According to a court document, when he worked in Taiwan as a journalist for
Singapore's Straits Times newspaper, Ching Cheong became acquainted with two
people from a Taiwan foundation, one surnamed Xue and another Dai.
The court learned through investigation the foundation was actually an
espionage organization, and Xue and Dai were deputies, of which Ching had full
knowledge. The court heard he supplied information involving state secrets and
intelligence he received from others in Beijing to Xue and Dai via fax and
email. Using an alias, he accepted 300,000 HK dollars in payment from the
organisation.
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